The 7 Worst Housing Markets In The World

Barry Bland/Barcroft Media/Getty The global housing market is a diverse one. Some are red-hot and others are ice-cold.

According to the Global Property Guide for Q3: "While house prices have continued to rise in the United States, as in several Asian countries, Brazil, and New Zealand, momentum in almost all of these countries has weakened, and China's housing markets have entered a downturn, as has Singapore's."

We've put together a list of the bottom seven markets based on year-over-year, inflation-adjusted price performance as of the third quarter. The chart accompanying each slide shows the year-over-year percentage change in house price.